diff --git a/app/furniture/journal/entry.rb b/app/furniture/journal/entry.rb
index dd48dd6cd..9c95cf615 100644
--- a/app/furniture/journal/entry.rb
+++ b/app/furniture/journal/entry.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ class Entry < ApplicationRecord
 
     scope :matching_keywords, ->(keywords) { where("keywords::text[] && ARRAY[?]::text[]", keywords) }
 
+    DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH = 300
+    validates :description, length: {maximum: DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH, allow_blank: true}
+
     def migrate_to(journal:, keywords: [])
       new_body = keywords.present? ? body + "\n##{keywords.join(" #")}" : body
       update(journal: journal, body: new_body)
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240129014151_journal_add_description_to_entry.rb b/db/migrate/20240129014151_journal_add_description_to_entry.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a22df9498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240129014151_journal_add_description_to_entry.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class JournalAddDescriptionToEntry < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.1]
+  def change
+    add_column :journal_entries, :description, :text
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index d926915c1..8b17c6771 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_01_20_034325) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_01_29_014151) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pgcrypto"
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.string "keywords", array: true
+    t.text "description"
     t.index ["journal_id"], name: "index_journal_entries_on_journal_id"
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/furniture/journal/entry_spec.rb b/spec/furniture/journal/entry_spec.rb
index 8d16fff4d..73c995b2d 100644
--- a/spec/furniture/journal/entry_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/furniture/journal/entry_spec.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#description" do
+    it { is_expected.to validate_length_of(:description).is_at_most(300).allow_blank }
+  end
+
   describe "#save" do
     let(:entry) { create(:journal_entry, body: "#GoodTimes") }
     let(:journal) { entry.journal }